World 'Piece' - A Metaphor

Yesterday I realized that my life is a lot like a puzzle. Then I realized that so is everyone else's.

Submitted:Feb 23, 2012
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Yesterday I realized that my life is a lot like a puzzle. Then I
realized that so is everyone else's.

So, I have this box full of puzzle pieces, a whole box. A rather
large box. And then, I have so few of my favorite colors and so
many of others'. I have so much to give. And if my second epiphany
was right, then everyone else has a box like mine; a bunch of
colors like me. They have so much to give, like me. But then,
despite all of these pieces, there are several missing pieces.
There are people with my pieces. Every person has a different color
and a different pattern of pieces. Clearly, it won't be easy to
sift my way through the crowd to gather all of them. And honestly,
that's not what it's about, because this is a different kind of
puzzle. There are no edge pieces. There is no end. In fact, it
continues on. Everyone has a piece of my puzzle; I have a piece of
everyone's. We all have so much to give to each other, but we're
selfish; so greedy and selfish that, well, we don't like to give
away what we have in our box. Here's the trick: It's like a barter
system. You give a piece, you receive a piece. You can't go wrong,
can you? Everyone has something to give. There's no way to complete
your puzzle unless you help everyone else complete theirs. We need
everyone to give. And there's another secret: at some point, all of
our colors blend together; the different edges fit together. Once
everyone has given to everyone, it all fits together in a big
sphere - a never ending puzzle, a whole piece. So really, I don't
just have my puzzle. WE have a puzzle. One puzzle divvied up
between the whole world. And the only thing we need to put it
together with is love.